Thanksgiving and Sick

Thanksgiving came and went so fast.  Scarlett was pretty cranky at times and we thought she was just tired from doing so much walking!  She was just finishing up a round of antibiotics for a UTI / Kidney Infection. 

The Saturday after Thanksgiving she spiked a fever of 102.2 so we saw the on-call doctor.  The doctor diagnosed her with Hand, Foot & Mouth Disease.  Gross!  Nothing you can do about it except keep the pain under control with Motrin & Tylenol.  By Monday morning we were back at the doctor because spots in the diaper area turned into huge fluid filled blisters.  She had no interest in eating and sleeping was totally out of the question!  The doctor said that it looked like she has Impetigo infected with Staph or Strep and put her on a massive dose of antibiotics. 

Since starting the medicine on Monday night she is improving!  All the blisters are drying up, she slept much better last night and her appetite is slowly starting to return.  Thank God!!!

Scarlett is walking everywhere.....Now we're just waiting for her to run.  She says "mama" and "dada" quite frequently and of course it melts our hearts.